May 16, 2026
Blogs
Meeting hears of anger over…
COUNTY officers and organisers of a cycle sportive have been blasted over a lack of consultation…
Writer wins month-long fellowship
A FORMER Barnard Castle resident, now an award-winning writer, has been named as one of the…
Ryegrass resistance ‘no cause for…
ISOLATED cases of ryegrass and blackgrass resistance to the herbicide flufenacet is not an immediate cause…
Emotional return for WW2 dogfight…
A 95-YEAR-OLD man who was inspired to become an RAF pilot after witnessing the downing of…
John’s being very candid about…
A MICKLETON man has celebrated his 40th birthday by hanging up his detention officer uniform and…
Buyout of threatened allotment on…
EVENWOOD Parish Council is considering options to save an allotment site that has served the village…
Legendary Witham disco to return…
ON May 23, 1990, The Mercury reported that 14 people were detained after disturbances at a…
Fury over new estate’s play…
A MEETING to build “community harmony” will be organised after tensions escalated following the erection of…
Archaeology experts may have found…
ARCHAEOLOGISTS say they have made “exciting new finds” which could prove there was a settlement in…
Bridge closed after lorry crash
A LORRY driver has blamed his satellite navigation system for the smash which led to the…
New dementia group in village
MIDDLETON-in-Teesdale is preparing to become a dementia-friendly village with a number of people and groups signing…
Rallying round with auction of…
A DALE community rallied round a village resident to help raise more £1,500 for Muscular Dystrophy…






















